Raindrop size distribution and radar parameters at Cape Verde

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 90-105

  Nzeukou, Armand ^a   Sauvageot, Henri ^a   Ochou, Abe Delfin ^b   Kebe, Cheikh Mouhamed Fadel ^c  

^a LABORATOIRE D AÉROLOGIE   (France)

^b Universite de Cocody   (South Africa)

^c Universite Cheikh Anta Diop   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; MICROWAVES; RAIN; THERMAL STRATIFICATION;

DISDROMETER; RAINDROP SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

METEOROLOGICAL RADAR;

RADAR; RAINDROP; REMOTE SENSING; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CAPE VERDE;

EID: 1342287096     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(2004)043<0090:RSDARP>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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